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Senator Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa, dirt farmer, sailed for Europe on the President Monroe...
Millions of people in the Middle West will nightly witness an artificial aurora borealis, visible fully 50 miles from its source. This will be created by sweeping lights of great aerial beacons at the five regular fields in Chicago, Iowa City, Omaha, North Platte and Cheyenne. These beacons will each have 600,000,000 candlepower. Unlike shore lighthouses, the beams of light will be thrown upwards, making three complete revolutions every minute so that pilots can easily pick them up. Smaller beacons with a visibility of only 30 miles will be placed at emergency fields every 25 miles along...
...informal dinner of the Iowa Club which was held last night at the Colonial Club, Professor C. M. W. Sprague '94 of the Business School spoke on the general effect of recent legislation on the credit system of farmers. The trouble with the present system, he said, is that land is taxed according to its capitalized value instead of the income derived from the product, and this capitalized value instead of the income derived from the products, and this capitalized value is often unjust. Too frequently the land's worth is judged by a comparison with similar farms...
...Iowa Club dinner which will be held at 6 o'clock tonight at the Colonial Club, Professor O. M. W. Sprague '04 of the Business School will speak on "What is the Financial Situation in the Middle West?" Professor Sprague was given the degree of Master of Arts by the University in 1895 and Doctor of Philosophy in 1897. He has taught Economics and Banking in the University since 1900, except for a few years which he spent as a professor in the imperial University of Tokyo. He is also known as the author of "History of Crises Under...
Senator Cummins of Iowa, Chair-man of the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, called at the White House to discuss the railroad situation. After the meeting, he gave fairly clear indication of how the Administration will try to handle the politico-railway problem...